I change my bandsaw bearings about once per 6 mo... but it's my most used tool with furniture & now bows.

Today I picked up a powermax 10/20 drum sander to accompany my 22/44, because it was a killer price of $75 at an estate sale. LOL

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Was givin a small piece of walnut crotch just had to take a couple slices off, milled up a few wedges and was gifted a piece of Peacan that made some pretty cool veneers.

Those are gonna look great Bryan!!

I put some hunting arrows together in the shop.  Gonna heat my inserts to turn the broadheads the way I like them, and when I turned it on and flicked my Bic to light her, a basketball size flame erupted from around the valve base.  Geez! Never had that before in the 20 ish years I've had her.

Got it shut off and the tube from valve to head had come loose and was leaking a good deal of propane there.

Figured I'd trimmed my beard and eyebrows but didn't quite get them. Prob the really fast reflexes I had when it scared the crap outta me...

Yes been there done that? It doesn't take much propane to do damage 
Got a question so that Peacan had a lot of worm holes and had a tough time getting clean veneers no I don't think it's gonna look that good up against bamboo or maple core. I saved a bit of sawdust from when I milled them I thought maybe that and a bit of CA make them disappear ?? Any ideas? 👍

If they are pencil lead sized holes just make sure they are full of glue when you glue the bow up and go with it , glue should look amber ...

Bugs love hickory and pecan is a relative of it

Quote from: Bryan Adolphe on August 13, 2023, 09:17:34 PM
Yes been there done that? It doesn't take much propane to do damage 
Got a question so that Peacan had a lot of worm holes and had a tough time getting clean veneers no I don't think it's gonna look that good up against bamboo or maple core. I saved a bit of sawdust from when I milled them I thought maybe that and a bit of CA make them disappear ?? Any ideas? 👍

The CA and sawdust thing on veneers work great.

I bought some epoxy tint coloring in dark brown and black and used it on larger knot holes and cracks in English walnut and black walnut, and you  would never know they were there. I had a black and white ebony riser block I saved with black epoxy. Sold that bow for $1200.00 too.

I finally Made a pattern Sander Attachment for my Beltsander.
And a pattern for my ILF Wedges.

Well... That's REALLY nice to have.

That looks like it will work..... question:  how do you compensate for the limb  thickness  between a set of 35# limbs vs 65# limbs?  The hardware with the spring loaded pin are pretty much standard length.... Just curious....  Kirk

I got my own Hardware milled.
But yes, it's all the same length.

I'll compensate the difference with the thickness of the overlay, If needed.
But Not really because of the length of the ILF thingy...  the Angle of the Limbs will differ with the same Riser and Tiller settings, If it's Not the same thickness in total, and that would not be good.

I went from 10.5 wedge to12 in..Could see a noticeable in perfromance with my 26 in. draw. Camo green glass.

Man I'd like to get me one of those 36" draw lengths!!

Oops corrected 

Why didn't you use that fluorescent green for wedges stic?  No problem finding that bow in the dark.

Yup.... Those longer wedges on a short draw length definitely kicks up the horse power. It's forcing the limbs to store the energy in a shorter working limb length, and loads up earlier in the draw cycle.    Kirk

How much would 2" more wedge shorten the draw length. ?

  Mine are 61in. The wedge works some  but a longer wedge would really shorten the working part of the limb may not be good got a real short draw maybe go with a shorter bow..

Okay so here you go 26and 28. there is still some left even at 28.

Thanks Stic

That got to be fun putting that board in there. I dont think I could do that with out some help.

What kind of taper rate are you running on that design stick?  That design will go all the way to 33" if you get the wedges and taper rate right....   

The last ones are .003 and you got to do a foot pull to get tha stick in there.
I have not really got room for a tiller board.

Picked some nice hard maple today' Black and brown dye on the way and some cactus juice.